I'm not one to listen to the Bobby Hebert Show; but I was glad I did that night on the way back from New Orleans three seasons back...

Bobby had Carl Smith on the show on a Monday Night and I couldn't wait till the broadcast emasculation...

Disgruntled caller called in and questioned Carl Smith's philosophy; what happened next was a surprise...

Before Smith could respond, Hebert politely interrupted his guest and set the record straight...

He said it was Coach Mora who would audit/thin the playbook because Mora didn't trust his staff or players...

Mora who would stubbornly run the same run plays because he wasn't happy when his offensive linemen would get beat by superior players...

Mora didn't like deviating from the playbook because he didn't respect a better player on the other team...

Hebert admitted there were better quarterbacks, but the offensive unit was more than capable of executing some brilliant designs that never got a chance...

But Mora micromanaged the game plan AND NEVER WOULD DEVIATE OR MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE GAME!!!

Carl Smith took the high road and said he was grateful to Jim Mora for the opportunity, but Hebert said there would have been more success if Mora had just trusted the very people he had selected...

So 44 and the rest who thought as I HAD once - Mora was right on this - "You Think You Know, But You Really Don't Know"...

So My Friends, Two Words why there wasn't more success - Jim Mora...

And if you think this post is FOS - here's another source...

"Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert to this day still hears criticism of his longtime offensive coordinator Carl Smith about the bland, vanilla system the team ran when the two were together in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The philosophy under then-Saints coach Jim Mora was to play suffocating defense and complement that with a ball-control offense. That style, though, rankled many Saints fans.

"People always talk about how he was too conservative," Hebert said. "He was just doing what he was told (by Mora). ... Make sure you put in your article was that was just being a good soldier."

He said it was Coach Mora who would audit/thin the playbook because Mora didn't trust his staff or players...

this i can believe. Mora was an ego maniac

but i did follow smith after. he turned up in new england early on and worked with Drew Bledsoe as a QB coach. Drew Bledsoe speaks highly of him. I just moved to Boston for the first time back then. I had nothing good to say about Smith. but by the time i moved i saw him in a different light. Drew game did improve a great deal

Since that time he has done a solid job as a QB coach around the League.

he had another stint in Jacksonville as OC and that was short lived. Now with the Seahawks as a QB coach again

That seems to be what he is best at.

so like is said Mora shoulders the blame. but to pick offensive coaches over defensive coaches on that team was stupid.

so i guess Smith first real shot at OC came because Mora could use him as a door mat.